Dear Derek

Chapter 56 (Bailey)

Derek laid in front of me. His breaths were shallow and uneven. His ocean blue eyes looked straight up at me. He grabbed my wrist with his hand. "I don't want to die." he whispered, gasping for air.

"Your not going to die. I'm not going to let you die." I replied, trying to calm him.

I held his hand. I could feel him shaking. He was nervous. His eyes filled with tears and he tried to hold them in. Then out of nowhere his eyes closed and the monitor was beeping. "Okay folks he's coding let's charge the paddles to 200 and push one of epi."

I stayed calm as possible. I had to otherwise Derek would die right there and then. One of my interns handed me the paddles and I gestured everyone to move out. "CLEAR!" I yelled.

It took a second, but his heart rate and pressure were coming up. Owen opened the door to the trauma room. "What happened? I heard..."

"He's stable now, but he needs a CT scan. Can you take him?" I asked, removing my gown and gloves.

"I can't, trauma is lacking surgeons today." he replied.

"Okay... I'm going to need help today though. Regardless if it's just a CT or not. With Meredith off work and Richard booked all day I don't know who can scrub in with me."

"Well it's your lucky day. I called someone to come help. They should be here shortly." he smiled, walking out the door.

I peeked my head out and asked, "Who is it?"

"Just wait and see. I'll send them up to CT. They should be here before your done." he smiled again.

I smiled back and went over to Derek. He wasn't fully conscious. "Hey we are heading to CT now. We need to find out what's wrong with you."

I grabbed his hand and he squeezed it gently. I told my intern to grab one end of the gurney. We slowly pushed Derek to CT.

Once we got into CT, we placed Derek in the machine. I told my intern she could leave since more help was on the way. She nodded and headed out. As I was waiting for the scans to show I heard A voice come from outside. "Bailey? Bailey is that you?"

Before I turned around I knew exactly who the voice belonged too. "April Kepner, never thought I'd seen you here."

She ran over to me and gave me a big hug. "Oh my gosh Bailey it's been so long! I missed you so much."

I smiled and hugged her back, which normally I never do. Her perky smile gave away that she had no idea what had happen with Derek or that he was the patient she was helping me with. "Well Owen called me here and said you needed help on a very important case. Who is it?"

She grabbed the iPad sitting next to me and flipped through the chart. She stopped and looked puzzled. "Hey Bailey? Why does the patients name say Derek Shepherd?"

"Well..."

The scans came up on the screen. "Damn it." I said, and rushed to get Derek out of the machine.

"Hey what's going on?" April asked, her quirky smile now trying into a concerning look.

"Look we don't have a lot of time, but here's what happened. Derek... he's alive. He was kidnapped by the government, beat half to death, then held at gun point in L.A. where he was recovering. He came back home and Meredith found him next to the toilet throwing up blood."

April looked shocked and stood motionlessly. "April we have to save him, I know this is a lot to take in, but I need your help."

"Okay I'm here. What's wrong with him? What do we need to do?"

"His liver is failing and we don't have much time to find him a new one."

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